Salines of Bonanza, marsh areas of the Guadalquivir and beach of Sanlúcar de Barrameda
January 01 2011
Dear reader!
Just terrific to spent the 1st of January at the Salines
of Bonanza:
Already from far away we discovered them! Left side a banded Osprey from Germany, in the middle a Red Kite, on the right an Osprey with prey:
While the Red Kite immediately took flight to take a seat more far away
the banded German Osprey (unfortunately the number before the ID is not readable) stayed there and
first finished most important business:
"Well, now I am feeling totally reliefed and
go on and ...
... turn a round in my terrific winter holiday area!":
"Ghee, he is a tall one!" the Whinchat is surprised:
We crossed the pine forests of Algaida to
reach the marsh areas of the Guadalquivir. Unfortunately many Pied Avocets and Redshanks were on flight, because a few walkers didn't have a better idea but to go for Northern Walking with clacking sticks. 
A little bit upstream Cormorants and
Mire Crows enjoyed the idyllic calm:
We decided to enjoy the last daylight at the beach of Sanlúcar. It was low tide and an unbelievable number of shorebirds looking for food. Also this Bar-Tailed Godwit:
A flock of altogether about 300 Sanderlings fleeing from a dog and
to my biggest joy they all were landing in front of me, without
taking notice of myself:
I felt like Alice in Wonderland in the middle of all these lively birds!
An unforgettable experience!
And so this wonderful first day of the New Year found its end:
Best regards
Birgit